Elaine O’Hara had a deep and disturbing interest in the world of submissive relationships, but her real-life interactions were sporadic and seldom lasted long, reports Noel Baker.

Seldom has overseas investment in an indigenous gem been met with such a collective frisson of excitement as with the confirmation yesterday that Donald Trump had waved his oversized chequebook in the direction of Doonbeg, Co Clare.

The general manager of the five-star Doonbeg golf resort said yesterday that he has already received six enquiries in a 48-hour period from overseas investors looking to buy the resort.

Tommy Barker uncovers a green oasis in middle of Cork surburbia

KEITH RICHARDS was somewhere around Oughterard, on the edge of Lough Corrib, when the craving began to take hold.

IT’S A dark and moonless night on the west coast.

A woman was forced to smuggle cocaine into the county because her mother was being held for ransom, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

AUTUMN/WINTER BREAKS IN THE SUN

IT WAS late in the evening, though not so late that the food and beverage hadtaken an edge off the senses.

A filly by Galileo out of the half-sister to European Champion two and three-year-old New Approach was the star turn on the opening day of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

You’re afraid to talk about how well the yard is going for fear of jinxing it but I couldn’t be happier at the moment, as the last few weeks have been very good. Mind you, I was beginning to have my doubts last Saturday evening.

THERE are areas in the country where property prices are head and shoulders above average — even in a downturn.

A ski lodge co-owned by Bruce Willis has been destroyed by a fire.

THE former Backpackers’ Lodge in Schull has taken itself up a notch or two, but hasn’t lost sight of its green credentials.

The Government wasted €2m on a refugee centre in Cork which never housed a single asylum seeker, it emerged today.

Scottish trainer Donal Whillans was back in the winner’s enclosure after a lengthy absence with a telling success in the Guiness Handicap Hurdle at Newcastle.

Jim Morahan

CALLING all anglers - cast your eyes and rods towards Lough Arrow in Co Sligo, where a unique period lakeside residence is up for sale. Lecarrow Lodge is a pure confection, a veritable gingerbread house on 30 acres.